We're a better team this year than we were last year. Shumpert continues to develop and is fully healed, KMart is back, Chandler is healthy, Melo is Melo, JR is back, we got Bargs to help with our bench scoring, Tim Hardaway Jr, Pablo is back.

So what. We're better than them with or without Rose. The Bulls need another scorer.

And the Knicks need another scorer other than Melo, so...

I may hate on Boozer, but he's better than any 2nd option the Knicks have and even Deng is better than any 2nd option you have. Plus, the Bulls are a better defensive team, better rebounding team, and have a much better coach. I'm not positive, but I would guess we are younger too, but both teams have injury concerns. Plus Taj >>>>> Bargs in most every way.

The only place I see us taking a step back is our bench this year might be mediocre. Depends if Teague makes any improvements and how Snell develops as a rookie.

I may hate on Boozer, but he's better than any 2nd option the Knicks have and even Deng is better than any 2nd option you have. Plus, the Bulls are a better defensive team, better rebounding team, and have a much better coach. I'm not positive, but I would guess we are younger too, but both teams have injury concerns. Plus Taj >>>>> Bargs in most every way.

The only place I see us taking a step back is our bench this year might be mediocre. Depends if Teague makes any improvements and how Snell develops as a rookie.

I know you're just trolling, but at least make an effort buddy.

We have JR, Bargs, and Stat as scoring options. That's still a lot more offense than what the Bulls have. And we have better shooters too.

Offensively it's not even close, we're a much better team offensively than the Bulls and I don't see how you can even argue that.

Defensively we're no slouch either. The Bulls are better defensively, I won't argue that but we don't suck on defense.

And we're more versatile of a lineup. We have a good blend of defense and offense. The Bulls just have defense.

We have JR, Bargs, and Stat as scoring options. That's still a lot more offense than what the Bulls have. And we have better shooters too.

Offensively it's not even close, we're a much better team offensively than the Bulls and I don't see how you can even argue that.

Defensively we're no slouch either. The Bulls are better defensively, I won't argue that but we don't suck on defense.

And we're more versatile of a lineup. We have a good blend of defense and offense. The Bulls just have defense.

Oh I agree the Knicks are better offensively, but stop using Bargs and Stat in any arguments. Smith is at least a better 2nd scorer than anyone the Bulls have, but only when he's on. He's inconsistent and highly inefficient, so I would rather not have 2 chuckers that score a lot.

Knicks do have better shooters, but head to head, I fail to see anywhere that the Knicks will cause any matchup problems with this more versatile lineup. Oh you want to play Bargs at the 3 point line? Awesome, now we don't have to play Boozer anywhere near the basket.